This award is presented each year to someone who has done an outstanding job for athletics in general and has shown consideration and assistance to the high school prep scene and the Michigan High School Coaches Association. The following is a listing of the past recipients of the MHSCA Distinguished Service Award.
Ron Finch | Win Shuler | Bob Reynolds | Fritz Crisler |
Biggie Munn | George Alderton | Jack Heppenstall | Buck Reed |
Don Wattrick | Terry McDermott | Ray Fisher | Francis Staley |
Bingo Brown | Bill Kelly | Earl Messner | Wally Weber |
Russel LeCronier | Charles E. Forsythe | Dale Kennedy | Forster Wilkinson |
Jim Lewis | Harold Sponberb | Hal Middlesworth | Clayton Kowalk |
Bill Odykirk | George Maskin | Sam Madden | Brother George |
Bob Calihan | Paul Carey | Don Canham | Fred Stabley |
Brick Fowler | Muddy Waters | Jim Campbell | Morley Fraser |
Helen Geovanes | Vern Norris | Russ Thomas | Don Lund |
Walt Bazylewicz | Richard Snyder | Marykaye Murphy | Tom McShannock |
Warren D. McKenize | Dick Kishpaugh | Kermit Ambrose | Roy Allen (1996) |
Dick Lowry (1997) | Robert James(1998) | Tom Hursey (1999) | Richard Maher (2000) |
Jack Johnson (2001) | Jerry Cvengros (2002) | Suzanne Martin (2003) | Jack Moss(2004) |
Tiger Teusink (2005) | Herb Deromedi (2006) | Don Lessner (2007) | Lloyd Carr (2008) |
Dan McShannock (2009) | Mike Jolly (2010) | Blake Hagman (2011) | Rich Tompkins (2012) |
Diane Laffey (2013) | Jack Roberts (2014) | James Okler (2015) | Gina Mazzolini (2016) |
Mike Jolly (2017) NHSACA | John Harrington (2018) | Ron Tomassoni (2019) | Nate Hampton (2020) |
Kim Spalsbury (2021) | Mick McCabe (2022) |